1,065 Quotes by Mitch Albom

Remember this, Francisco,” he said. “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.

Before newborns open their eyes, we circle them, appearing as brilliant colors, and when they clench their tiny hands for the first time, they are actually grabbing the colors they find most appealing.

There are many kinds of selfishness in this world, but the most selfish is hoarding time, because none of us know how much we have, and it is an affront to God to assume there will be more.

People are only mean when they’re threatened and that’s what our culture does. That’s what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about loosing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.

The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you.

In the beginning, there was a question. In the end, the question gets answered. God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it’s all one song – one same, wonderful, human song. I am in love with hope.

You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too – even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.

You’re not getting it,” Eddie gently replied. “I needed to save you. It let me make up for the life I took. That’s how salvation works. The wrongs we do open doors to do right.

Sometimes I think the greatest talent of all is perseverance.